Hamas hands over three coffins it says contain bodies of Gaza hostages
Hamas has handed over three coffins it says contain the bodies of deceased Gaza hostages, according to the Israeli military, BBC reported.
Israel has received the coffins, via the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, and transported them to Israel for formal identification.
If confirmed as deceased hostages, it would mean eight Israeli and foreign deceased hostages remain in Gaza, according to BBC.
Avalanche in Italy kills five including father and daughter
An avalanche in Italy's Dolomite mountains has killed five German climbers, including a 17-year-old girl and her father, according to rescuers, BBC reported.
The mountaineers, travelling in separate groups, were scaling Cima Vertana in the Ortler Alps at around 16:00 local time on Saturday when the fast-moving snow hit.
A group of three people "was fully swept away by the avalanche" and all died, said Italy's Alpine rescue service, Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico, according to BBC.
One suspect in train stabbings as rail worker critical
A 32-year-old man is now the only suspect after multiple people were stabbed on a train, police have confirmed, BBC reported.
A railway staff member remains in a life-threatening condition following the attack on a train from Doncaster to London King's Cross, which stopped in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, shortly before 20:00 GMT on Saturday.
A 35-year-old man, who was arrested at the scene, has been released with no further action after it was reported "in good faith" that he had been involved in the attack. Officers later confirmed this was not the case, according to BBC.
Tanzania president wins election as hundreds feared dead in unrest
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been declared the winner of Tanzania's presidential election, securing another term amid days of unrest across the country, BBC reported.
Samia won 98% of the votes in Wednesday's poll, the electoral commission said. In her Saturday victory speech she said the election was "free and democratic", accusing protesters of being "unpatriotic".
Opposition parties rejected the results, calling the vote a mockery of the democratic process as Samia's main challengers had been either imprisoned or barred from running, according to BBC.
